Local Ads and Social Notes From Pella’s Busy Monday
Local news recounts a bustling Monday in Pella with shoppers crowding stores after heavy snow Saturday. Christmas candy specials, hardware gift ideas, and new store openings at Gary T. Vogelaar’s are highlighted along with community notices about church sales, Red Cross support, and residents visiting Des Moines and Des Moines area towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byers
Pella
Royal Candy Co
American Legion
Red Cross
Legion
L. F. Bousquet
Gary T. Vogelaar
Hardware and Implement
Luke Koopman Dies of Stomach Cancer in Wichita
Luke Koopman longtime mine worker and Knoxville area resident died at his Wichita Kansas home on November 26 1925 from stomach cancer after about six weeks illness He was born May 27 1855 in Keokuk Iowa married Mary Ver Steeg on December 30 1882 and had 11 children eight surviving Neal and James Koopman of Knoxville and Mrs Wilbert Cecil among others The family had relocated to Wichita in late 1924 where he worked as janitor and general handyman at a White Phillips refinery before illness forced hospitalization
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luke Koopman
Wichita
Kans
Knoxville
Hawkeye
Ramsey
No. 3
Keokuk
Iowa
Mary Ver Steeg
Abilene
Kas
Wilbert Cecil
James Koopman
Neal
Marysville Resident Mourned by Kin in Wichita
The obituary notes Marysville Koopsman and five others now living in Wichita. It lists Nick Koopman Mrs Earnest Benge Mrs Arlie Bacon Mrs Donald Baux and Mrs Harvey Oswalt as survivors along with 11 grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Funeral and burial were held in Wichita last Saturday November 28 with a large gathering of relatives and friends.
Mortuary notices for Witzenberg and Van Zante deaths
Witzenberg Jella died at his home between Pella and Otley at 1 30 a m Saturday December 5 1925 aged 39 years 1 month and 28 days cause brain fever funeral services held Tuesday afternoon at home and at First Christian Reformed church interment Oakwood cemetery Van Zante Delis died at her Sully home Friday December 4 1925 aged 77 years cause heart trouble husband predeceased survived by sons and daughters funeral and interment held in Sully Monday afternoon In his annual report insurance commissioner W R C Kendrick notes Iowa has 246 insurance companies with 19 life companies 10 fraternal societies and the rest fire and casualty cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witzenberg
Jella Witzenberg
Pella
Otley
First Christian Reformed Church
Oakwood Cemetery
W. R. C. Kendrick
Iowa
Fire
Cas
Des Moines Leads In Premiums For Iowa Insurance Firms
A 1924 Iowa insurance report shows Des Moines home offices for 54 companies and Iowa firms receiving more premiums from out-of-state business than non-Iowa firms earn in Iowa. The state’s net operating expenses were $53,216.88 with net disbursements 4.09 percent of net receipts, the lowest in four years, yielding $1,248,079.65 beyond department costs. Near Seymour in Wayne County, a crowd of 500 watched the Cleo Donald oil well bail out oil thrice, sampling it for attendees as the well stood at 985 feet and drilling paused at oil sand, with hopes of production within 200 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ualty
Des Moines
Towa Life Companies
Iowa
Seymour
Wayne County
Child types and handling shy and imaginative children
The article surveys personality types in children including shy imaginative secretive intense and self assertive. It describes methods to develop self awareness and prevent secretiveness and includes vivid portraits of each type such as an intense child pictured by a girl knitting with focus on her pose.
Book Review Of Sunday School Plans And Child Development
The critique notes the book’s two halves. the first examines children’s initial fear of the unfamiliar and a teacher’s aim to aid growth, while the second offers play, handwork, songs, and stories. It praises the work as invaluable for teachers and mothers and cites Pilgrim Press at 14 Beacon Street, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilgrim Press
Beacon Street
Boston
All About the Primary by Elizabeth Williams Ludlow
A brief pointed guide for teachers of beginners and primary students. The book covers practical tests of good teaching, equipment and programs, biblical questions and answers, choice prayers, closing verses, a scripture alphabet, rhymes of biblical knowledge, and verses for young readers. Hammond Publishing Co. Milwaukee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Williams Ludlow
Hammond Publishing Co
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Bazaar and Exchange by Central College Auxiliary
The Ladies Auxiliary of Central College hosts a Bazaar and Exchange at Holland Meat Market on Saturday December 12. Lunches will be served during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Holland
Also Mentioned on This Page
van Zante Bros
George M. Derbyshire
H. H. Sadler
Willis Johnson
Ft. Dodge
Nancy Fernald
J. M. Cox
Kansas City
Chronicle
Paterson
N. J
Wil
Fred van Rheenen
Kate van Gorp
M. Henry
F. H. Henry
California
West
Mark Rillihan
Jake Plender
Jake
Vis Brothers Barber Shop
van Rees
Security Bank
G. H. Lankelmans
Masonic Lodge
Bank
Christian Reformed Church
East First’ Street
G. T. Vogelaar
Franklin and
East First Street
Internal Revenue Office
Dubuque
Sam
Carl Byers
East 1St St
Plette
Gradus Vander Linden
Grand Rapids
Oskaloosa Town
Leader
The
Jiggs
Frances Weld Danielson
the Book Shop
McGregor
Lloyd
Mc Gregoris
Oskaloosa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!